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ROWLAND; K.L. BILLINGSLEY; EARL L. WOFFARD; D. TD. FRIZELL; H.W. RICHARDSON; DONALD KENDRIX; BETTY COX; JAMES M. WOODWARD; FRANK THOMAS DONALD R. WINTER; JACK YARBROUGH; FINIS M. YOCUM; TOMMY L. KIRKLAND; JOHN A. MOYSHEN; HAROLD ALLISON; MARION MCCLELLAND; LESLIE R. WALCHER; LLOYD FORTUNE, SR.; B.C. EVANS; RAYMOND B. HORN; LEEHA MCCORMICK; PETE WOLF; LEON HANCOCK; WILLIAM ANDERSON; ROBERT G. PORTER; ELDON W. BISHOP; E.B. COPELAND; D.K. HANSHUE; E.G. DEDMON; LESLIE R. WALCHER; CARL L. HOLMAN; KENNETH W. JACKSON; JOEL ROBINSON; CHARLES PEMBERTON; BRUCE O. SMITH; T.D. JACK; JAMES T. JOHNSON; WILLIE G. LOUDERMILK; RAYMOND HORN; GEORGE C. TSOODLE; GEROLD L. GOAD; B.J. BURRELL; D.Y. QUALLINE; FRANCES M. MCKYE; ALONZO ANDERSON; HOARCE E. REEVES; BETTY MOORE; BILLY R. JENKINS; JERRY A. WARREN; C.J. WOMACK; JOHNNY BALLARD; KELLEY RUMINER; DEBORAH YANDELL; ROBERT FERGUSON; CLAUDIE C. WEAVER; JOHN O. STANLEY; WILLIAM R. BRICKER; ELEN H. SPIVA; PHILLIP HORNE; EARL V. GRIFFIN; ANNA M. 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HOOPER; EARL JOSLIN; KAREN NYDICK; GEROLD WAGNER; L.V. FOREMAN; DON LEPLEY; E.J. FIDLER; CLAUDE W. WORLEY; FRED M. SILVER; HERBERT L. KEITH; CARL E. DAVIS; PAUL GOODMAN; RONALD C. CAUDILL; WILLIAM P. DODD; DENNIS W. CREWS; WILLIS D. KEESEE; JERRY D. BASS; R.T. SKELTON; DELBERT D. UTSLER; DON E. BAILEY; HOWARD WHITTENBERG; MARCIA C. LONG; A.C. PHILLIPS; JO ANN MARTIN; LEON COMBS; JERRY C. FORBES; J.R. BISHOP BILLY REEVES; FARRELL J. PICKENS; JAMES RUSHING; RICHARD HOWELLS; LAWRENCE SHELTON; CHARLES HUCKABEE; JMWA AXHEOWSWE; THOMAS JARAMILLO; J. DAVID SMITH; W.T. YOUNG; CARL H. DAVISON; SHARON KEY HARRIS; LEW F. FRESDONKE; JOE KNAPP; LESLEY E. CHAPMAN; R.D. BIVINS, GEORGE W. BARTON; MARION A. NEAL; REBECCA CRAWFORD; DEATRON I. MORGAN, W.H. NEVELS; JIM OLIVER; CLARENCE E. SMITH; ROBERT WILSON; LINDA LEKAWSKI; MICHAEL P. FUNDSTEIN; JERRY L. BENDER; WILLIAM D. BEERY; DONALD M. LARSON; WILLIAM J. AZLIN; DWIGHT W. ROGERS; JUDY A. ROGERS; WALTER R. 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FREDEIU; BEN SAENZ; HAROLD R. DAGNE; BRITT INGRID KEITH; ROBERT M. TURNER; BYRON A., CARL F. DAVIS; JERRY I. POINDEXTER; LEE ROY HOUSTON; CLINTON H. REYNOLDS; NIB E. HILL; DAVID R. HINES; C.G. OLSON; CLEOPHOS FROST; BOBBY G. DECKER; JAMES LONG; LORITA A. GOYA; WAYNE T. WELLS; GERALD A. LUTON; HAROLD SHEA; JOHNNIE T. HENSON, JR.; OPAL LEE BROUSSARD; HOMES KIMBLE; JERRY NOHNAGER; JUDY A. ROGERS; ILONA GARRISON; EDWARD A. KING, ALYCE L. KING; EVERT L. CARROLL; BEN H. MARSHALL; SHIRLEY J. LAMB; JOHN WILLIAM EDWARDS; MAURICE CANNON; LEROY PHELPS; J.D. BURKHALTER; RICKKI L. BARNES; BOB J. SHARBER; WILLIAM D. SANDELL; WILLIAM E. SHOCKLEY; DON CUTLER; NANCY A. BOMHOFF; VAUGHN BRYANT; WARREN REX CHAPIN; HERMAN L. KLAUS; WILLIE L. WIXOM; BILLY O. HAWKINS; JACK D. EDWARDS; RITA HENRY; CARL HOLIDAY; DOUGLAS MESSEL; DIANE J. TRIGG; TOMMY A. HOWARD; NORVELL LANCASTER; BOBBY BOWLING; P.J. WARREN; ROBERT C. ANDERSON; DOYLE C. ADAMS; GLENN D. CHRISTIANS; WILLARD TERRY; BILL STEWART; JIMMY KING; RICHARD BORNE; JOHNNY WARMOTH; FRANKLIN A. NIELEY CHARLES NORTON; GLEN LAYTON; LEO THOMPSON; D.L. LOMAN; MARLAND GLOVER; BOBBY BENNETT; JERY CHRONISTER; LAWRENCE WHITE; DONALD FITZ; ODIS WARD, Plaintiffs, v. COMMERCIAL LOVELACE MOTOR FREIGHT, INC., doing business as Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc., also known as C.L. Motor Freight; M.T. ALCOX; W.D. PERSAVICH; C.C. MCCRACKEN; N.L. INGRUM; H.J. HILL; G.W. MCINTYRE; PEPSICO, INC., doing business as Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc., a Delaware corporation, individually; S.E. SCHRODER; LAWRENCE F. DICKIE; JUDY NORMAN DAVIS; JAMES ENGLISH; RICHARD CAMPBELL, Defendants, and E.W. KELLER; JOSEPH C. LONG; TRENT W. KELLER, Movants-Appellants, v. DOUGLAS EASON, Appellee., 9 F.3d 849


Summary

In the underlying lawsuit, a common fund was created when the plaintiff class settled its litigation with defendants. Appellant class counsel submitted a fee request for 50 percent of the settlement fund, and the request was opposed by appellee objecting class. The district court awarded appellants 29 percent of the fund and awarded counsel for appellees a fee for services in preserving the common fund for the benefit of the whole class. The district court characterized its primary task as distributing the available money fairly between appellants and the class. The district court decided that the majority of the money would go to class members, who had lost the benefit of their funds for nearly 10 years, rather than appellants, who would still receive a fee comparing favorably with awards made in similar cases. In affirming the district court, the appellate court held that the judge properly determined a reasonable fee by weighing the appropriate interests of the beneficiaries in ...